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CVE-2022-22818 — Cross-site Scripting in django — CVE Details

MEDIUM

Cross-site Scripting in Django

Published February 4, 2022Updated September 20, 2024Source: osv

What Should I Do?

Address in Next Maintenance Window

Low exploitation probability (0.56%). Schedule for your next planned update.

Summary

The `{% debug %}` template tag in Django 2.2 before 2.2.27, 3.2 before 3.2.12, and 4.0 before 4.0.2 does not properly encode the current context. This may lead to XSS.

Advisory Timeline

  • First published February 4, 2022 (1711 days ago).
  • Last revised September 20, 2024 — 960 days after initial publication.

Remediation

Upgrade to the fixed version using your package manager.

pip
Update django to 3.2.12 or later
pip install "django>=3.2.12"
pip
Update django to 2.2.27 or later
pip install "django>=2.2.27"
pip
Update django to 4.0.2 or later
pip install "django>=4.0.2"

After upgrading, run your dependency scanner again to confirm the vulnerability is resolved.

Affected Packages (3)

Affects 1 ecosystem: pypi (1).

PackageEcosystemAffectedFixed In
django
pypi
3.2, 3.2.1, 3.2.10, 3.2.11 (+8 more)3.2.12
django
pypi
2.2, 2.2.1, 2.2.10, 2.2.11 (+23 more)2.2.27
django
pypi
4.0, 4.0.14.0.2

Vulnerability Classification

Common Weakness Enumeration (CWE) identifiers for this vulnerability type.

  • CWE-79
    Cross-site Scripting (XSS)MITRE

CVSS Score Breakdown

What the CVSS (Common Vulnerability Scoring System) 6.1 score means for each attack dimension.

Attack Vector
Network
Attack Complexity
Low
Privileges Required
None
User Interaction
Required
Scope
Changed
Confidentiality
Low
Integrity
Low
Availability
None

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N

References

Frequently Asked Questions

What is CVE-2022-22818?
Cross-site Scripting in Django This vulnerability has been assigned a severity rating of MEDIUM (CVSS score: 6.1/10).
How do I check if my project is affected by CVE-2022-22818?
CVE-2022-22818 affects django. It has a 0.6% probability of exploitation within 30 days (EPSS score). Use GeekWala's free vulnerability scanner to check your dependencies against CVE-2022-22818 and 200,000+ other known vulnerabilities.

Severity & Exploitability

CVSS Score
6.1

Exploitation requires specific conditions or has limited impact. Remediate within weeks.

EPSS Score (30-day exploit probability)
0.56%
Higher than 68% of vulnerabilities

This is an above-median EPSS score — 67.7% of tracked vulnerabilities score at or below it, putting its exploitation likelihood in the upper half of the tracked corpus.

Also Known As

GHSA-95rw-fx8r-36v6
BIT-django-2022-22818
PYSEC-2022-19

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